research

Research interest

Evolution of animal forms, fanctions and behavior

key words

evodevo; cell type; symbiosis; heterochrony; heterotopy; chemosynthesis; deep-sea

animals

bone-eating worm Osedax japonicus

vestimentiferan tubeworm Lemellibrachia satsuma

hemichordate Balanoglossus simodensis

projects

1) Evolution of symbiosis between Osedax and bacteria

2) Evolution of the root system in Osedax

3) Evolution of sexual dimorphism in Osedax

4) Evolution of vestimentiferan body plan and symbiosis with chemosynthetic bacteria

5) Hemichordate development and the evolutionary origin of the chordate body plan

6) Taxonomy of hemichordates